亚当夏娃日记

出版时间：2012-8  出版社：清华大学出版社  作者：马克·吐温  页数：117  
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内容概要

　　《亚当夏娃日记》是一部揭示人类情感活动的世界文学名著，描述了一个发生在伊甸园中美丽与哀愁的爱情童话故事。虽然有上帝的律令，但亚当与夏娃还是没有抵挡住撒旦的诱惑；他们从最初的相互好感，发展到相互依恋，最后偷吃禁果。马克·吐温借用《圣经》中亚当、夏娃的故事，探讨了人类生活中的两性关系——爱情与婚姻。本书一经出版，很快就成为当时最受关注和最畅销的文学作品，至今已被译成世界上几十种文字。无论作为语言学习的课本，还是作为通俗的文学读本，本书对当代中国的青少年都将产生积极的影响。为了使读者能够了解英文故事概况，进而提高阅读速度和阅读水平，在每章的开始部分增加了中文导读。同时，为了读者更好地理解故事内容，书中加入了大量的插图。

作者简介

　　马克·吐温（Mark Twain，1835-1910），美国著名作家，19世纪后期美国现实主义文学的杰出代表，被誉为“美国文学中的林肯”、“美国文学之父”。　　马克·吐温一生著述颇丰，代表作有《汤姆·索亚历险记》、《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》、《竞选州长》、《百万英镑》、《亚当夏娃日记》等。

书籍目录

亚当日记星期一星期二星期三星期五星期六星期天星期一星期二星期五星期六星期天星期一星期二星期六星期天星期二星期五星期三十天之后第二年星期天星期三三个月后又三个月后五个月后两星期后……夏娃日记亚当日记摘录

章节摘录

　　I laid a dry stick on the ground and tried to bore a hole in itwith another one， in order to carry out a scheme that I had， and soonI got an awful fright. A thin， transparent bluish film rose out of thehole， and I dropped everything and ran！ I thought it was a spirit， andI WAS so frightened！ But I looked back， and it was not coming; so Ileaned against a rock and rested and panted， and let my limbs go ontrembling until they got steady again; then I crept w.arily back， alert，watching， and ready to fly if there was occasion， and when I wascome near， I parted the branches of a rose-bush and peepedthrough-wishing the man was about， I was looking so cunning andpretty-but the sprite was gone. I went there， and there was a pinchof delicate pink dust in the hole. I put my finger in， to feel it， andsaid OUCH！ and took it out again. It was a cruel pain. I put myfinger in my mouth; and by standing first on one foot and then theother， and grunting， I presently eased my misery; then I was full ofinterest， and began to examine.i was curious to know what the pink dust was. Suddenly thename of it occurred to me， though I had never heard of it before.　Itwas FIRE！ I was as certain ofit as a person could be of anything inthe world. So without hesitation I named it that-fire.　　　I had created something that didn't exist before， I had added anew thing to the world's uncountable properties; I realized this， andwas proud of'my achievement， and was going to run and find himand tell him about it， thinking to raise myself in his esteem-but Ireflected， and did not do it. No-he would not care for it. He wouldask what it was good for， and what could I answer？ for ifit was notGOOD for something， but only beautiful， merely beautiful-　So I sighed， and did not go. For it wasn't good for anything; itcould not build a shack， it could not improve melons， it could nothurry a fruit crop; it was useless， it was a foolishness and a vanity;he would despise it and say cutting words. But to me it was notdespicable; I said， "Oh， you fire， I love you， you dainty pinkcreature， for you are BEAUTIFUL-and that is enough！" and wasgoing to gather it to my breast. But refrained. Then I made another maxim out of my head， though it was so nearly like the first one thatI was afraid it was only a plagiarism： "THE BURNTEXPERIMENT SHUNS THE FIRE."　　　　I wrought again; and when I had made a good deal of fire-dust I emptied it into a handful of dry brown grass， intending to carry it home and keep it always and play with it; but the wind struck it andit sprayed up and spat out at me fiercely， and I dropped it and ran. When I looked back the blue spirit was towering up and stretching and rolling away like a cloud， and instantly I thought of the name of it-SMOKE！-though， upon my word， I had never heard of smokebefore.　　……